Study goals
To investigate how digital technologies and ESG enhance organizational resilience by identifying innovative accounting strategies promoting sustainable governance integrated with digital transformation, contributing to accounting practices and resilient societies.
Relevance / originality
This study uniquely integrates sustainable digital governance, emerging technologies, and accounting, emphasizing digital transformation and ESG’s role in fostering organizational resilience amid rapid change, filling theoretical and practical gaps.
Methodology / approach
Mixed methods: systematic literature review (72 articles from 2018-2025) and multiple case studies of five organizations, using qualitative analysis of interviews, documents, and reports to explore sustainable digital governance, accounting, and resilience relationships.
Main results
Organizations with integrated digital technologies show greater sustainable governance adherence and ESG performance. Organizational culture and senior management commitment are key for effective gains; digital accounting connects financial and non-financial data.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
Proposes an integrative analytical model linking digital accounting practices and organizational resilience, complements previous isolated studies, and validates management control methodologies ensuring strategic, metric, and execution alignment in sustainable digital contexts.
Social / management contributions
Provides guidelines for managers to implement digital solutions enhancing transparency, risk reduction, and competitiveness. Highlights the need for a collaborative ecosystem, digital infrastructure, and professional training to secure accounting’s role in sustainable development.